Our Blues in the Schools program brings the music to the community via the local school system. Live performances at the local schools give our young people the chance to hear the music that is the foundation of what they listen to today! Live performances at the local schools give our young people the change to the music that is the foundation of what they listen to today! Since 2004, our "professors" have played music backed with the facts and histories of the music that is part of our national heritage: Blues.

There is nothing like attending a live performance when you are a student in school. The students who attend one of our heritage presentations get to hear great blues music with a history lesson. The students love the shows. We even see the students at our jams! The interaction between performers and audience is enduring: the audience is our future.

We work in conjunction with schools in the San Antonio area - public and private, elementary grades up to college. Our city has much to be proud of. Its heritage is filled with all the color and character and traditions that a metropolitan Texas territory demands.

The effect of Texas' legendary performers is all over the music spectrum ... old and new, rap to gospel. The San Antonio Blues Society had made it our mission to carry forth blues and its traditions in San Antonio.

Preserving and promoting the heritage of blues music is our major task. Through our Blues in The Schools (BITS) program, we take it upon ourselves to bring blues music to the young community, namely through the vast school systems in the major San Antonio area. Actual performances at the local schools give our young people the chance to hear the music that is the foundation of what they listen to today! Our “professors” put on live performances, backed with the facts and histories of the music that is part of our national heritage. If you are on staff at a school or affiliated with a school in the San Antonio area, let's find out about bringing our Blues in The Schools presentation to your school. Parents have contacted music directors at their schools to get them in touch with SABS about BITS. School administrators have contacted us directly once they found out that we are offering this great program at no cost to the school or students. We call upon our Friends and Members to get the word out that we are offering this BITS program to colleges, high schools, and elementary schools.

There is absolutely no cost to the schools or to the students.

Click on the links below to view photos from prior Blues in The Schools presentations:

Warren High School with John Cockerell, Peterson Brothers, Christian Dunham

Northside Career High School with John Cockerell, Frank Macias, Lee Hall

Lytle High School with Miss Neesie and The Tin Can Trio